ANGELA MILLIGAN Poems

I'LL NEVER KNOW WHERE MY BREATH GOES,
WHEN YOU TOUCH ME,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME,
WHEN YOU SAY MY NAME,
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I'LL NEVER BREATHE THIS WAY FOR ANYONE ELSE, OR SCREAM THE NAME OF ANOTHER.
WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE OF ME I FEEL MYSELF MELT AND WE ARE ONE WITH EACHOTHER.
YOU FEEL SO GOOD AND YOUR KISS IS JUST RIGHT,
WE'LL MAKE LOVE TILL YOU'RE DRY BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
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I'm like a can opener.
He only takes me out of the utensil drawer when he needs to open something.
It is painful how he handles me.
My heart is like that thing you turn on the side of the contraption, twisting until it hurts.
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YOUR TOUCH GIVES ME CHILLS AND RUBS OFF ON THE GOSSAMER WINGS OF EVERY BUTTERFLY IN MY STOMACH.
YOUR KISS HOLDS ME IN A COMFORTING EMBRACE.
YOUR VOICE CAUSES ALL OF MY SENSES TO TINGLE.
YOUR LOVE GIVES MY HEART THE STRENGTH TO BEAT WHEN THE WORLD HAS LEFT IT BRUISED AND BROKEN.
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My head rests against the window pane, and all is silent but the rain.
Blood is dripping from my Wrists, as I remember our love and that first kiss.
But you are gone and i am here, my body longs to have you near.
Remember I told you I'd die for you? What you wouldn't believe is coming true.
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The darkness that surrounds me, is that of the darkness that's inside me.
It's a mixture of my love and hate for you,
The hard things that Iv'e had to do.
It is my tears and years of sorrow,
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I'm standing on the bridge, and everything is calm.
I can't seem to make sense of the fact that you are gone.
Fog is all around me and it's hard for me to see.
I'm trying to cry but nothing's happening.
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